molecular biologist at northumbria university in newcastle england thank you so much. you're very welcome. now italy says that it appears the chinese couple quarantined on a cruise ship off of rome do not have the coronavirus the pair was held in isolation after one of them ran a fever but authorities say the policemen aren't tests quote see negative more than $6000.00 tourists onboard the vessel it's not yet known if they will now be allowed to disembark. and journalists seem a gupta is on the story for us she's in rome so we have now these policemen a report saying that the tests are negative what more can you tell us well that exactly is the case i mean these preliminary tests that were done by the infectious disease hospital here in rome based on samples that were collected from that couple the appear to be reassuring the exclude the corona virus but yet trying to we now know that definitive results we do know that the couple originally came from a cow they traveled to milan and it's levi home kong and they tried to join onto this cruise in simple now it was a week

molecular biologist at northumbria university in newcastle england thank you so much. you're very welcome. italy says that it appears a chinese couple quarantined on a cruise ship off of rome do not have the coronavirus the pair was held in isolation after one of them ran a fever but authorities say the pollution tests quote seem negative more than $6000.00 tourists are on board that vessel and it is not yet known if they will be allowed to disembark. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the australian state of new south wales has announced an inquiry into the bushfires that are still raging across the country new south wales has been the worst affected by the blazes the inquiry will look at the state's response to the fires and whether climate change played a role. a nurse has been arrested in southern germany on suspicion of poisoning 5 premature babies with morphine investigators found and also read containing breast milk and morphine in the woman's locker at old university hospital she denies the charges doctors do not expect t

molecular biologist at northumbria university in newcastle england thank you so much. you're very welcome. well a cruise ship is on lockdown off the coast of italy over 2 suspected cases of the coronavirus that have been onboard some more than 6000 people are on this vessel which is now at a port near rome local authorities say that samples have been taken from a chinese couple and sent for testing one of them had feverish them. while it's going to journalists gupta who's standing by for us in rome so sima what more can you tell us about this chinese couple. well what we do know is a statement that was given to us by the acosta cruises now that's the company that's running the last us miralda cruise ship that we now know he said to a 54 year old woman from but cow is said to have developed soon like symptoms she's supposed to have a fever and as such she has been taken a pots we need from the rest of the people on the cruise as well as her husband that she was traveling with them she was said to have traveled from hong kong to milan arriving in milan on the 25th of jan

and let's bring in now dr said yes moscow's he is a molecular biologist at northumbria university and he joins me now from newcastle in england welcome to the program sir thank you so much for joining us i'd like to begin by asking you because we know that china is implementing strict measures multiple countries now evacuating their citizens from affected areas is this the right approach to stop the virus from spreading. in my humble opinion someone who's worked or not break responses in the past i think this is correct one has taken mind the chinese political system and social system is very different to what we are used in the west and what the chinese are doing is implementing a top down approach to make sure transmission is contained as much as possible on top of out what the developed nations around the world are doing repub treating their. national says also correct in that they come to look after their nationals in the best possible way my humble opinion again is that the measures taken by the year stray liam's are actually the. best alone. and surely infected with a virus or p

steady go small scoffs is an associate professor in cellular and molecular scientists at northumbria university in the u.k. thanks for joining us now the world health organization has now officially declared a global health emergency what does that mean for the worldwide containment efforts . that means that governments around the world with the means and resources and expertise will get together and ensure that those parts of the planet that haven't got the resources necessary to look after transmission and patients will be supplied with the necessary materials guidance and support will that extend to the vaccine because i mean we do know at this stage i mean there's no vaccine do we know any more about research efforts how long how far along scientists are whether this global health emergency well will help that along. yes. look vaccine necessary a vaccine is the best possible solution for any kind of outbreak if you can trust to what's happening with flu we know the disease so well that every year we can generate a new vaccine within a matter of months with coronavirus however the situation

with it aren't i'm joined on the line now by dr stag moscow he is a molecular biologist at northumbria university he joins me now from newcastle in england dr it's good to have you on the program the world health organization says that this is now a global health emergency or what does that mean in practical terms in practical terms maint stuff the global response is going to be cold in h.s. the country the west house the means to go and assist the nations which have underdeveloped healthcare systems are now going to work together to go and help and make sure the spread of this virus is contained a fust a special we know that china has implemented strict measures we've got multiple countries a vacuum waiting their citizens out of china is this in your opinion the right approach to stop this virus. is spreading. i think that the chinese did the correct actions when it was still unclear how salvia and how dangerous this fire cisco the terms of transmission a swell impact on health care systems and individuals in the beginning of that year would have literally no clue how easy it is to spend or how

kong but we've been speaking to studios last hosses a geneticist and molecular biologist at northumbria university in the u.k. and he says there's no reason to panic. it's a safe statement to make there's absolutely no comparison between the break on the corona virus outbreak we have now or we have had in the past the bowler break has a fairly long incubation time 3 weeks people who get symptoms can get quite a disease the mortality rate is very high up to 50 percent sometimes higher. the current virus outbreak on the other hand has a shorter incubation time yes it transmits through the air which is actually a disadvantage but on the other hand the mortality rate compared to both has much much lower we're talking about 4 percent 3 percent which may sound like a lot you don't want to be one of those 3 in 100 people that dice however we know very well already that these are individuals who have existing severe health problems the aged are extremely young these are the people that are likely to have . lethal risk from contracting this virus most of us will just get fever usual risperidone centers. no

jeanette system binocular biologist at northumbria university joins us now from newcastle in the united kingdom good to have you with us you're involved in a project to develop ways in which to prevent the spread of the a bowl of virus how does this latest public health emergency with a very different virus corona virus compare to that if at all. yes so i think it's it's a safe statement to make there's absolutely no comparison between the bowl outbreak and the coronavirus outbreak we have now or we have had in the past the a bolo break has a fairly long incubation time 3 weeks people who get symptoms can get quite a disease the mortality rate is very high up to 50 percent sometimes higher. the current virus outbreak on the other hand has a shelter incubation time yes it transmits through the which is actually a disadvantage but on the other hand the mortality rate compared to both cases much much lower we're talking about 4 percent 3 percent which may sound like a lot you don't want to be one of those 300 people that dies however we know very well over id that these are individuals who